Carriage cover clamp



July 30, 192 9. ZADEK 1,722,551

CARRIAGE COVER CLAMP Filed Jul 24, 19,28

INVENTOR M19 BY L 1 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 39, 1929.

unrrs sr ARTHUR ZADEK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARRIAGE COVER CLAIVIP.

Application filed July 24,

This invention relates to improvements in a carriage cover clamp and has for its object- 'to provide an article of this character which is constructed of a single piece of resilient material, for example, celluloid, and which provides a simple and efficient means for firm- 1y holding the covers of a baby carriage in position.

A further object of my invention is to provide the clamp with means to prevent the cover from slipping or being pulled from its clamped position over the edge of the carriage.

I accomplish these objects by means of the device which is fully described in the following specification, set forth in the appended claim and illustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawings; in which,

Figure 1, is a side elevational view of my improved carriage clamp in position about a cover and edge of a carriage; Figure 2 is a perspective view of the clamp as it appears when not in use. Figure 3 is a section.

Referring to the drawings, 10 denotes a strip of springy material, preferably celluloid which is provided with a beveled edge 11 extending completely around the strip and including, first, a steep bevel and then a less acute bevel to the edge. As a result of this construction, the longitudinal mid portion of the clamp is of a greater thickness than the beveled edges, and the clamp is therefore reenforced to such a degree, as to increase its resistance and consequently its efiiciency, as a clamping member. One end of the strip 10 is perfectly straight while the other end is curled around on itself to form a ring 12 capable of snugly gripping the roll edge of a carriage as illustrated clearly in Figure 1.,

In order that the clamp may be made to positively engage the blanket, the inner face of the material at the straight end thereof is provided with a series of projections or teeth 1928. Serial No. 295,103.

13 which tend to embed themselves into the soft material of the blanket when the clamp is in position on the carriage.

To apply a carriage clamp of the present invention, the margin of the blanket is first placed over the rolled edge of the carriage, then the toothed surface'of the straight portion of the clamp is placed against the blanket on the inner side of the carriage wall, while the curled portion 12 is spread and uncoiled far enough to allow it to spring over the blanket covered rolled edge of the carriage to snugly grip the blanket firmly in position.

The long straight end of the clamp has the advantage of holding the marginal portion of the blanket against the side of the carriage to a substantial depth below the rolled edge, the mid portion of the blanket as a consequence, being held closely against the body of the child, when in a reclining position below the top of the sides of the carriage,

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:

A carriage blanket holder, comprising a strip of material having its longitudinal mid portion of uniform thickness and its marginal portion tapered, first in a steep bevel and then in a less acute bevel to the edge, the beveled side of the holder forming the outside surface and the flat side the inside surface, the latter at one end being provided with integral upwardly projecting pointed prongs, the other end of the strip being curled about on itself to form a ring adapted to embrace the marginal rolled portion of a blanket disposed over the rolled edge of theoarriage, the prongs of the opposite straight end of the holder embedding themselves into the blanket material inside the marginal portion thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARTHUR ZADEK. 

